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Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States, matching "dollar for dollar" the 50% duties that President Donald Trump imposed over the weekend after a breakdown in trade talks. Ottawa's new tariffs encompass more than 700 U.S. goods and are worth abou

OpenAI's head of data centers, Chris Malone, has left the company, CNBC confirmed, adding to the wave of recent executive departures at the artificial intelligence lab. Malone joined OpenAI in March of 2025 after previously working on data center infrastructure as a "distinguishe

OpenAI's head of data centers, Chris Malone, has left the company, CNBC confirmed, adding to the wave of recent executive departures at the artificial intelligence lab. Malone joined OpenAI in March of 2025 after previously working on data center infrastructure as a "distinguishe

Report kept from residents now revealed, shows toxic levels in East Palestine (NewsNation) — Shortly after the 2023 train derailment and burning of vinyl chloride in East Palestine, Ohio, renowned exposure-warnings expert and industrial hygienist Stephen Petty tested the soil and

Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz - Published US President Donald Trump has said that the US Navy has removed or detonated all mines in the Strait of Hormuz - the vital waterway which Iran has largely closed since the beginning of the war in the Middle East. "Ira

Oil extended declines as fresh diplomatic efforts helped renew optimism the Iran war would not escalate, while a US plan to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran spared the country’s trading partners from harsher measures for now. Brent dropped nearly 4% to settle below $89 a barre

Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 25, 2026 — A Yale-led multidisciplinary team of researchers has been awarded a $37.5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for a center aimed at designing practical and self-correcting quantum computers from top to bottom a

Kicking off the afternoon presentation blocks for the second day of Hot Chips 2026, the rest of the day is going to be dedicated to server AI accelerators. Once a part of the GPU track, AI accelerators have become the largest track at the show – overtaking CPUs – underscoring jus

Iran and Oman on Tuesday discussed a proposal to establish a temporary joint shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz as well as a mission to clear mines from the key oil export corridor. Oman's foreign minister, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Albusaidi, said he was hopeful a corridor

Off the Wire Press Releases SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 25, 2026 — NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2, a new robotics computer set to redefine entry-level edge AI — putting frontier-class generative AI performance in the hands of millions of developers. As AI models g

Canadian officials announced they plan to impose tariffs on $20 billion worth of US goods in retaliation for new US levies. The tariffs will mostly mirror President Donald Trump’s, with the heftiest affecting steel and aluminum. “When the United States asked too much and offered

The K-shaped economy has become shorthand for a widening, persistent economic divide: higher-income Americans pulling further ahead — in wealth, spending and financial security — while many lower-income households struggle to keep up. Now, that shape may be shifting. "I got sick

Off the Wire Press Releases Integrated traffic generation, protocol analysis, error injection, and debugging streamline validation of next-generation AI networks. MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 25, 2026 — Teledyne LeCroy, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and a worldw

Live results: Graham, Norman square off for GOP nod in South Carolina Senate runoff Sen. Darline Graham is squaring off against Rep. Ralph Norman for the GOP nod in the South Carolina Senate race. The pair advanced to the runoff earlier this month after neither candidate garnered

Live results: Trump seeks primary win in Oklahoma governor’s runoff President Trump’s pick to succeed term-limited Gov. Kevin Stitt in Oklahoma is duking it out in a Tuesday GOP runoff for the party’s nod. Mike Mazzei, a former state senator and state budget secretary, is facing

Live results: Georgia holds special election runoff for David Scott’s House seat Voters in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District are at the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill late Rep. David Scott’s (D) seat through the rest of the year. Scott’s daughter, Marcye Scott,

Commodore unveils striking Cyberpunk 2077 version of its C64U made in partnership with CD Projekt Red — Commodore 77 special edition uses more powerful AMD Artix XC7A100T processor 'Word on the neon-soaked street is it will achieve speeds of 77 MHz.' A special edition of the Comm

Viral videos of the World Humanoid Robot Games show sprinting robots beating the human 100-meter record held by Usain Bolt—but also feature running robots crashing into barriers and falling down because they cannot readily stop running. A few fallen robots even break at the waist

When an LLM engine process fails, the standard recovery path involves a cold restart. This requires loading weights into HBM from storage, compiling kernels, and capturing NVIDIA CUDA graphs. For large models, initialization can take several minutes, during which surviving worker

TSA ditches Gold+ privatized airport security program The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Monday it will phase out its new Gold+ private airport screening program, opting instead to optimize its existing Screening Partnership Program (SPP). TSA unveiled the

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Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging into or even opening the X app, has received cease-and-desist letters from X demanding that it shut down. The news was shared via a brief message posted to the project’s website, and follows X’s ea

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter{beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Canada strikes back with retaliatory tariffs Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American products as high as 50 percent Tuesday, just days after the co

Dick's Sporting Goods on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that missed Wall Street expectations and lowered its outlook for Foot Locker amid what it called a "challenging athletic footwear and apparel marketplace." Dick's stock fell 30% in trading Tuesday, its worst day since 2

Air Force officer who called for Trump impeachment criminally charged An Air Force officer who twice called for President Trump’s impeachment publicly on the steps of the Capitol has been criminally charged. Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is accused of breaking multiple military law

Pelosi: Trump’s effort to control mail-in voting ‘threatens to silence’ voters Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) bashed a recent Supreme Court decision to lift an injunction on President Trump’s mail-in ballot plan, saying it “threatens to silence” voters. “The right to vote

'We used flour for powder' - Dolly reflects on early life in 1979 BBC interview Dolly Parton appeared on Michael Parkinson's BBC chat show in 1979, speaking candidly about her childhood in rural Tennessee, her family's poverty, and the determination that helped her rise to intern

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AI - ON-PREM EPA to drop requirement for public notice of polluting datacentersState and local regulators would decide whether the public gets a say on minor-source permits -

Listen to this article in summarized format The S&P 500 gained 22.58 points, or 0.30%, to end at 7,675.54 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 171.11 points, or 0.66%, to 26,151.30. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 160.01 points, or 0.30%, to 53,577.17. The Nasdaq led t

DOE Keeps Eddystone Power Plant Online Amid Data Center Demand Surge The 760 MW Eddystone coal plant will remain online longer as PJM faces rising data center load, generator retirements, and delayed power resources. The Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered PJM Interconnection

AI - ON-PREM EPA to drop requirement for public notice of polluting datacentersState and local regulators would decide whether the public gets a say on minor-source permits -

A major piece of legislation that will establish a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies is unlikely to become a law by year end, Kalshi traders speculate. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which was passed with bipartisan support in the House in July 2025, is set for a p

Canada announces 'dollar-for-dollar' retaliatory tariffs on US as high as 50% - Published Canada has announced counter-tariffs as high as 50% on a range of US goods in retaliation to the latest wave of levies on Canadian imports imposed by President Donald Trump last weekend. The

CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports - Published The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC's US news partner CBS has reported. John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital